STYLED with the new GHD Air hairdryer

This year I've already broken one hairdryer and electrocuted myself with another. I go through hairdryers as often as my grandma goes through knickers, which is saying something. GHD, the brand that have brought about a revolution in hair straightening, have started expanding into a new hair appliance arena, claiming to offer us good hair days from beginning to end of the styling process. When I was offered the new hairdryer from GHD to have a play with these
thoughts went through my head: "Whoop. Oh, £99 for a hairdryer? Really?
But it looks pretty..." It's a lot of cash to fork out for something you can buy for twenty quid in Boots, so is it really worth it? Here's what I think...

The new GHD Air is actually designed as a professional tool, for stylists working up a lather in salons. It’s packed with features that make blow-drying
quicker and easier, including an extra long power cable for flexibility, two sizes
of concentrator nozzle, ionic technology for an effortlessly frizz-free
and smoother finish, variable heat and speed settings, plus a cold
shot. All in all the aim is to make a salon-style blow-dry achievable every day, without the need for a stylist. The dryer itself is sturdy without being too heavy (don't you hate it when you can't hold the dryer up for the duration it takes to actually dry your hair?) and absolutely beautiful to look at - the detail of the buttons, air gate and logo highlights make this look and feel like a superior tool. The nozzles click into place and don't budge or twirl, the buttons are soft and comfortable to move around and the long cord make it easy to wander around while doing your hair and not get in a tangle that Scooby Doo would be jealous of.

What's most noticeable about this amazing hairdryer though is how quiet it is. Even on full power it produces about half the noise of my previous one, something my sleeping housemate is most grateful for. The power behind the tool is great, targeting hair with a shot of air to smooth and style both quickly and efficiently - since using this my styling time has been cut by at least a third because my hair is a lot smoother and sleeker before the straighteners even go anywhere near it. What's also great about this is that it doesn't use maximum heat to style; in fact when I first starting using it I had to check I had it on the right setting because the air was warm rather than hot. This will not only benefit your hair by reducing the heat (and therefore damage) that it's regularly exposed to, but will help with the life of the dryer by not encouraging it to overheat.

I have to say I was extremely sceptical about a hairdryer that costs £99, but after using it and putting it thoroughly through its paces I can understand that it's leaps and bounds above any other dryer I've ever used. Would I normally fork out this much cash for a hairdryer? No, probably not. But you know what, it's worth every penny if you have those pennies to spare.

Now I've put this to the test I'm inviting you to too! I have another GHD Air to give away to one lucky reader so you can have good hair days every day of 2012 and beyond. All you have to do is comment below telling me who has the best 'good hair days' and why. It can be anyone from Alexa Chung to Lana Del Rey to your mum. Just make sure you're a follower of this blog and you leave an email/twitter handle so I can get in touch. Good luck and happy hair days!

T&Cs: Open to UK residents only. You must be a follower of this blog and leave a valid email/twitter handle. One entry per person. Competition closes on 1st March 2012. Winner will be chosen at random, contacted and given 24hrs to provide an address, or an alternative winner will be chosen. No alternative prize available.

151 comments

I honestly think Jennifer Aniston has the best hair days ever!! would love to have her hair!!

very interested in the ghd hairdryer, i dropped mine (not ghd) down the stairs 3 weeks ago whist juggling loads in my arms and now its completely bust :( , i have had to use my travel hairdryer for 3 weeks!!! its has been a nightmare....roll on payday when i can splash out on a nice new one!!

Really interested in this hairdryer, I've always loved my wee Vidal one but this sounds amazing!

I loved Katy Perry's blonde/pink bob a few weeks back, but for me the best hair days award definitely has to go to Lauren Conrad. Her hair always looks so sleek and adaptable and she's the celebrity that inspired me to ombre my hair :)

I always think that Blake Lively's hair looks gorgeous - she's not afraid of an updo but can still rock a beachy wave, and her hair colour is gorgeous too. I don't even actually know what she's been in or is in but I just know she has good hair!

I'd love to own GHD Air...my hairdryer is totally dying (and usually conks out at important points like before job interviews). My email address is lucy@beautyandtheblogger.co.uk and my Twitter tag is @LucyBATB

Love Jessy J's hair and her range of different styles :)I most certainly don't have good hair days at the moment! I also blew up my hair dryer last week and at the moment am having to use my little girls tinkerbell hair dryer lol shhh don't tell anyone :0pTwitter - @emmajones84Email - emma.jones84@yahoo.co.ukGreat comp! Xx

It has to be Holly Willoughby! When she appears on tv in the morning, I am insanely jealous of her beautiful, styled, volumed hair! I would give anything for my hair to get even close to looking like hers :-)

A friend of mine has the most incredible hair I've ever heard about. She is naturally frizz free. She can leave her hair to dry pin straight naturally, or she can plait it/twist it/put it rollers etc when it's wet and she's left with the most desirable curls. I think we're all allowed to hate her a little bit for that!

I think that Blair Waldorf from Gossip Girl has the best hair days. I hope it can be a fiction persona! :) She has plenty of styles from headbands (pioneer!), loose curls, waves (in the recent episode) and pretty beehives. I adore her hair!

The persons hair I most envy is anyone of the kardashians! The sisters Kim, khloe, kourtney, Kylie & Kendall! They all have the same perfect lushious hair! (how is that possible?!) I have total hair envy!..... Always lOoks beautiful and they all wear it differently and everyone of them looks hair lushious!Totally envious!

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Kelli :) xxx

(oooooo I just realized I have the "k" initial! Kelli Kardashian! Apart from I have blonde hair that's a tad fine! With some dye & hair extensions maybe there is a chance! I wish! Lol )

This hair dryer is the sexiest I have seen.. Hair Envy? Dita Von teese.. hair of perfection! and not because she has spent hours in a hairdressers / stylist chair, its all her very own talented work. So the two really do go together, just google her name (if you havent heard of her) you will just see classic sexiness ozing out of this lady.

i think Kourtney Kardashian always seems to have amazing super glossy hair - i dont think i've ever seen a photo of her with dodgy "oh no i woke up late and didnt have time to do my barnet" hair. Yep i have hair envy!

i would have to say kourtney kardashian has the most amazing glossy hair. I dont think i have ever seen a photo of her with a bad hair day, it always look incredible. she suits it in a top knot - something i'm still trying to perfect but i just cant not get it right, or down in the loose waves style.

Wow what an incredible giveaway!I think everyday is a good hair day in the world of Eva longoria. I like how she mixes her looks up and maintains that "girl next door look" (with some exceptions of raunchyness in desperate housewives) Her hairs always looking really healthy and shiny.Twitter: AspirationsofglBlog: http://www.aspirationsofglam.blogspot.comMany thanks Liz xx

My 19 year old little sister has always had the most amazing hair. It's gorgeously long, so thick - when I pull all her hair together as if to tie it in a ponytail I can barely get my whole hand around it! She always looks so stunning because her hair is just gorgeous. I would give anything to have hair like hers - the lucky cow ;D

I've read some great reviews about this hairdryer. It may be £99 but I can see it's clearly worth it, if you can afford it. You don't happen to know of any lightweight hairdryers that are a bit cheaper do you?

The best hair belongs unquestionably to Keira Knightley! I've cut my hair short like hers in the past and it is incredibly flattering, but to think of her long locks in things like "Pirates" also makes me swoon!

The hair dryer sounds amazing, anything that gives someone straighter glossy hair with less heat sounds amazing to me. I think Karen Gillan ( from Doctor Who ) always has great hair, not only does she fly the flag for us gingers ( ok so i may be a bit biased being ginger myself )her hair always looks amazing but not too overdone, plus its always glossy, it just looks fantastic!!I follow GFC: samantha foxTwitter: @foxy1982Email: samfox1982@hotmail.co.uk

Has to be Kate Moss. This woman apparently cuts it herself (even thoughher best mate is a hairdresser!!!!)and she's rocked so many styles, all of which suit her. She's enough to make you scream really, but I always want to see which style she opts for next.

Hmmm I would either say Kate Middleton because her hair is ALWAYS so glossy and thick and just perfectORKaty Perry, because it changes so much yet even when it goes wrong (hello ginge!) it still looks perfect somehow!

Hi, heard fabulous things about this hairdryer/hairstyles and would love the chance to own one as my budget definitely wouldn't stretch! My good friend Natalie has the best hair I know! It always looks perfect and whatever way she styles it she just has that hair that looks like its been done in the salon! I'm more than a little jealous!!!My email is sarah_ffc@yahoo.co.ukMy twitter is @sarahgibney Xxx

I love Gwen Stefani's hair and style. I just wish that I could pull off that smooth peroxide blonde look without my hair looking frazzled! I'm very interested in the new GHD hairdryer as heat damage is definitely something that I need to get under control! Unfortunately, £99 is out of my price range!

Marilyn Monroe had the most perfect hair, the original blonde bombshell ... I just wish that I could pull it off! For someone who has a problem with heat damage to overstyled & coloured hair, this GHD hairdryer would be the best! Unfortunately, I don't have £99 to spend on my tired locks :-( Fingers crossed! katiemroyle@hotmail.co.uk

The problem with celebs is you just know most of their good hair days are down to their hairdressers. My mother has masses of hair. She has been grey since her thirties so maybe the coarser texture has helped but her once weekly rinse and set means she just has to brush it through in the morning and in five seconds it looks fabulous again. I too have masses of hair but have gone the long route and it takes a good hairdresser about 45 minutes to blow dry it straight. I can do it badly in an hour and not quite so bady in an hour and a half. Needless to say twice a week is sufficient but I do wish I could afford a hairdresser every day of the week! Following on GFC, FB, and twitter @UtterlyBumpty

I think my Grandma has the best hair days! She turns 80 this year but she still loves to pamper herself. She visits the hairdresser every week and likes to try out new styles - she even had highlights last week!

This looks & sounds amazing. I'm such a fan of GHD & I think this would be such an investment buy (if I had the money boo).Zooey Deschanel is a babe, always has perfect hair & is my hair idol!Rebecca xrebeccasvintageromance@gmail.com@Rebecca_tweet

Yes a lot of the lovely ladies with lush locks (some with their own locks some not ;-) ) have been mentioned here and I agree with most of the comments but the one young lady not mentioned is my daughter. She has the most amazing hair! She can have a rough nights sleep and shake her hair and it looks fab! She has the type of hair that will hold any style that she wants. She used to do my hair for me and I loved it but now I am left to do my own and need all the help I can get - hence entering this!

I wish I could show you a picture, but my Grandma had the most beautiful her. It was snow white, incredibly soft and always beautifully done. She had a proper dressing table and I used to sit with her and watch her do her hair. The front was always rolled back and pinned and the sides blow dried with a big brush so that the neatly curled beneath her ears (I guess it was a bob) I was talking to my cousins at my sister's wedding last year and we were all saying how glamourous and beautiful we remember her as. She really always did look so amazing, and even thinking about her now, I am slightly embarrased about being sat here with wet hair in yoga pants. *goes to do hair*

i love jennifer lopez's hair because as it always looks so glossy and gorgeous, no matter what style she uses be it a chignon, ponytail, fishtailwould love mine to look so volumised instead of looking so limp

WOW, hairdryer sounds fabulous, love that it has a quiet noise level, that in itself is amazing,Well as for good hair days, should really say my 16 yr old daughter, who has 4 months ago started a hairdressing apprentership, she has the thickest hair ever,As for celebs Cheryl Cole has wonderful shiny locks, xx

Its no-one famous but a group of people I think the traveller girls on my big fat gypsy wedding all seem to have really beautiful long shiny hair.Was watching last night and their hair is gorgeous long luscious shiny locks, I'm envious :)

I think J Lo has the best hair days. Her hair always looks amazing. That advert on TV at the moment where she swings her ultra long pony tail around is fabulous. I wish I had shine like that! @piperanddaisy

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